In: Nova et Vetera (English Edition), 2014, vol. 12, p. 1281-1303
Doing Theology with Thomas Aquinas means entering in possession of some fundamental theological and philosophical positions that lead to acquire not only a set of doctrines but a specific attitude, a mentality, a disposition that shapes both thought and action. This essay deals with four aspects: (1) the practice of Trinitarian theology as a spiritual exercise; (2) prayer and purification of...
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In: Revue Thomiste, 1999, vol. 99, p. 659-699
Dans le premier quart du XIVe siècle, Durand de Saint-Pourçain récuse la synthèse thomiste des rapports entre la foi et la raison, et rejette point par point la compréhension unifiée de la théologie élaborée par Thomas d'Aquin. La fragmentation de la théologie opérée par Durand (foi et raison, être immanent de Dieu et salut, spéculation et pratique) s’exprime de façon exemplaire...
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In: Nova et Vetera (English Edition), 2019, vol. 17, no. 3, p. 839-869
Thomas Aquinas pays great attention to Christ’s kenosis in Phil. 2:7 (“he emptied himself”), which he associates with his interpretation of John 1:14, Col 2:9 and 2 Cor 8:9. This study is comprised of four parts. The first part looks into the exegesis of Philippians 2:6–8 in Aquinas’s Commentary on St. Paul. The second provides some further details, drawn from other works of Aquinas,...
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In: Proceedings of the XIII Plenary Session on Believing, Loving and Living Truth | Credere, amare e vivere la verità (Doctor communis), 2014, p. 39-56
This essay discusses: (1) the nature of Aquinas’s approach to the mystery of the Trinity; (2) the centrality of the divine persons, and the understanding of the divine person as a subsisting relation; (3) the theme of the Word and Love; (4) Trinity and creation; (5) Trinity and grace (that is, the divine missions).
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In: Nova et Vetera, 2010, vol. 85, no. 3, p. 255-280
This essay deals with the communication between angels in Thomas Aquinas. Its focuses on two modes of angelic language: (1) the illumination of an angel by another; (2) the simple word that an angel speaks to another. The conclusion highlights the fundamental role of the doctrine of the “word” and of “light”, which leads to recognize the amazing purity of language among angels: a...
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In: Nova et Vetera, English Edition, 2003, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 283-301
For Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274), the first effect (res et sacramentum) of the sacrament of penance is “inner penance”. Aquinas does not juxtapose “reconciliation with the Church” and ”reconciliation with God”, as some medieval authors did, and as some 20th Century theologians suggested by considering “reconciliation with the Church” as the first effect of penance. For Aquinas,...
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In: Nova et Vetera, English Edition, 2004, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 43-60
The theology of St. Thomas Aquinas bears witness to a profound connection between the Eucharist and the Church, which his theology takes into consideration at every level on which he analyzes this sacrament, namely under the aspects of its signification (signum), of its first effect (res et sacramentum), and of its last effect (res tantum: the unity of the Church).
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In: "Christus - Gottes schöpferisches Wort" : Festschrift für Christoph Kardinal Schönborn zum 65. Geburtstag, 2010, p. 337-355
In the thought of Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274), the understanding of Jesus Christ as the one and universal mediator of salvation is founded in the doctrines of the hypostatic union and of Christ’s plenitude of grace; it involves the instrumental causality of Christ’s humanity, and his being the sender of the Holy Spirit.
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In: Nova et Vetera, English Edition, 2011, vol. 9, no. 4, p. 991–1001
Thomas Aquinas defines the “person” in terms of ‘nature’ and ‘subsistence’ (subsistence as a mode of existence). This analogical definition of the person offers a solid foundation for a consistent account of the divine persons (Trinitarian theology, Christology) and the human persons (anthropology).
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In: PATH, 2012, vol. 11, no. 2, p. 347-366
Chez Thomas d’Aquin, les rapports entre Unité et Trinité en Dieu s’articulent principalement dans la notion de relation et dans son application à la personne divine conçue comme relation subsistante, sur la base de la doctrine des processions immanentes du Verbe et de l’Amour. Ces rapports impliquent une claire distinction entre ce qui concerne notre connaissance des attributs...
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